The Secret Santa gift art will go in this thread. Please refrain from commenting until I've started posting images 12 hours from this posting. You can continue to use the original sticky thread at the top for discussion until then. Art will be posted behind spoiler tags, and some of it is adult themed, as a warning.

As a reminder, the expression "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" applies to the gifts to be posted. That means that this is the one instance that critique is discouraged on the chan. Unless there was a huge error, like it's not your prompt but you're listed as the giftee, gifts should be accepted graciously. Remember that someone worked hard to bring you something they hope you would enjoy and are likely very anxious about it, so refrain from making someone feel bad for something they did from the heart and keep in the spirit of the season.

So sit tight, children. Santa shall be visiting after I've gotten some sleep and partaken in some festivities.

>>11053Nominel, bro, you will get an additional doodle and a silhouette ornament out of cardboard on top of your gift to make up for the wait. I'm so sorry, man, you would have deserved it earlier. Still, have a good time, a nice Christmas and I hope you will like my gift at least a bit!

Dove, I'm the anon who did your request, and I have a few bonus doodles for you if you want them. My email is up.
Also, if you wish, I will gladly color your gift if you like it. Its your choice between dry medium(chalk) or gouache since its on illustration board.

If there are any errors you want me to fix, or have stuff to add, please let me know in the email.

Oh! Oh my gosh, I forgot there was art too. And I didn't expect to get art because Kilo said there were more writers than artists signing up. I love it! If you'd like to color it, please color it however you'd like. I have no preference. I also have no suggestions for anything regarding it. It just makes me so happy seeing it!

I would LOVE to see the doodles btw. My email is in the email field here too but I'll email you as well, in case you'd prefer that to posting here?

>>11052Oh my god, you made me squeal. I am so relieved you liked it! If you want, you can shoot me an e-mail and I will send you the full version which is a lot bigger. That resized one took a lot out of it I think. Now I am off to see mine!

Alright, I'm back. Fics obviously are not done posting. I have a lot to go through and format correctly for the boards so bear with me here. I also can't ignore my family when this is probably the last year I get to spend with them for a while, so sit tight for a bit. Anyone who has posted in this thread has been accounted for.

Wow, my giftee was Cat Bountry!? Oh man, I feel so honored, yet unworthy somehow to write up my gift to someone who blows me out of the water fanfiction talent wise. I hope it's still enjoyed. Maybe I can make it up somehow with more fanfiction writings or something.

Just to reiterate here, about 50 people have participated in the Secret Santa. I'm not even 2/3rds the way done posting gifts and only 4 gifts are unaccounted for by people I have not seen post in any of the Secret Santa threads. If you don't see your fic up just yet, don't panic. The delays are caused by some minor and major formatting issues while I'm juggling family activities.

>>11091This one is for you, Guu. Sorry about you losing your anonymity, Anon. Your secret is safe with us.

What's the deal with formatting -- as in, what needs to be done? If I can convince my sister to be patient for a bit longer (she wants me to hop on Amnesia already so she can laugh at me freaking out), I can try to help out with posting them.

>>11033Holy dooley! That was bloodier than I expected. Not to say hunting's clean, but wow. Saxton Hale definitely doesn't fear that sissy ecoli/trichinosis/whatever.

I love those trees and that get-up the Administrator has on. Also love it that she's apparently either stolen the Sniper's rifle or has the exact same model. The color gradients in the water and the sky are fantastic as well.

Ginger, Rasp, Chronic, Anonymous, and Nominel should be the only folks without anything posted yet according to my records. If you notice anything else, let me know. Anyone who thinks they can do gifts within a week's time should also let me know ASAP.

Hey, Valiax, just dropping back in to say I have a slightly tweaked version that I can send you if you'd like. Nothing really major - just a little stuff with the shades - but again, if you'd like me to make any further revisions, please don't hesitate to let me know. :)

I'll be posting this version on my Tumblr soon (unless you'd rather I not, in which case let me know), so if you're okay with that, you can also grab it from there.

I'm glad you like it! I was a bit scared to send it in because, seriously there is so much talent in this place and I finished it so at the last minute! There's also a rather chuckle worthy story of my boyfriend's mom asking me what I was drawing as I was putting the finishing touch. Thanks for the bf saving my face and making me turn beet red by saying "oh it's not pg" ...

>>11128You’re welcome, Kilo. I’m just really sorry it took me so long to find a decent internet connection so I could send it to you. Next year I won’t be so last-minute, I promise. I just hope Chronic likes it and won’t be disappointed after the long wait...

Kilo, if all the scheduled gifts have been posted now, are we allowed to reply directly to the fic thread? I posted a reply to my Secret Santa in the old /dis/ thread, but it’s already autosaging and halfway down the first page now. It’d be much easier if we could all just reply to each others’ fics in the thread itself.

Or are you waiting for the last three gifts before we can invade the /afanfic/ thread?

>>11068It is taking all my willpower to keep this from being an underaged ban post, so I'll just let you know I'm grinning like an idiot and so incredibly grateful! I hope you had a wonderful holiday, whatever it is you celebrate.

Hey, guys. I don't know what's going on with the /afanfic/ thread, so I'll just leave this here. I just wanted to tell the person who wrote my prompt that I read it and it was exactly what I wanted. It really was. I loved it and read it twice just to take it all in, and am incredibly appreciative that you went through the effort to write what must have been such a difficult subject (though I tried to leave it open in case you wanted to smut it up. But I admire you even more for not having to resort to that.)

I've kind of been avoiding the chan due to my own guilt about not getting my own prompt done, but to everyone else, let me just tell you that I've taken a gander at all of the art and read a few of the fanfics, and I was astounded at the high quality of work I saw. I truly believe that I'm in the company of the most talented people in the fandom.

>>11140You're welcome, and I'm extremely relieved you like it so much. I didn't know whether to keep Pyro's gender hidden while putting it all together, and I thought you might be offended if it was one gender over the other... Going from your reaction, I guess I'm safe.

Nominel, here's your art! I'm working on the bonus doodles and the ornament as we speak and you will also get a proper scan once I got this damn scanner to work.
I know it's nothing special, but I hope it makes you smile and shows you that something tried their best for you. Merry superbelated Christmas and have a good time in the new year!

>>11146>>11146>>11146I am flailing at my computer right now. This is amazing and I love it. Beautiful, exactly what I wanted. And the way you incorporated the spirits is terrific. And the blue shadows on Demo's face. You are awesome. Thankyou thankyou thankyou so much.

...and then you mention bonus doodles and an ornament. I'm grinning so hard, I don't even know what to say. May I draw you something in return?

>>11160Naw man, its cool. I confess my head canon usually makes Pyro into a chubby victim in those sorts of situations, but you snapped me back into reality. Fucker's a beast who sets people on fire. What you wrote is MORE in character for Pyro. Or something.